Foot-rest



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(No Model.)

P. G. PENNY.

FOOT REST. No. 269,780 Patent-ed Dec. 26, 1882 TNBis'sEts= INVENTO- QQ g/ i y N. PETERSv PhuwLilhugmphar. Washington. D4 (1 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

P. G. PENNY.

FOOT REST.

No. 269,780. Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

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? ATENT PATTERSON G. FENNY, 0F GORHAM, MAINE.

FOOT- REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,780, dated December 26, 1882. Application filed November 3, 1881. Renewed November 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, PATTERSON G. FENNY, of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in foot-rests; and it consists in an adaptation of the various parts to produce an adjustable rest suited to any of the positions required by the varying postures of the body of a person reclining at ease. I attain this by the mechanism illustrated in the following drawings, in which a Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is in part a vertical section. Fig. 3 is an end view.

A is the top, on which the feet and legs of a person are to be supported. B B are two legs or supports. 0 is the base.

In theconstruetion of my device any suitable frame of wood may be made for the top A, and in the drawings I represent one ofa length of about two feet and about twice its width. At the lower end is a fender or foot-board, a, of a few inches in height, against which the feet may push for the purpose of preventing the person from sliding down from his chair when lying in an extended position,as in sleep. At the other end of the top A, I place a few coiled-wire springs, b, supported upon a strip of wood or canvas, 0, which is extended between the ends of the side pieces of the top A. Over the upper surface of the top A any suitable cushion or covering may be placedsuch as hair-cloth. The purpose of the springs b is to make an easy and pliant ending to the foot-rest, so that at that portion of the legwhich comes across this ending there shall be avoided the usual effect of a sharp and rigid line or edge, cutting or pressing into the muscles and interfering with the circulation of the blood. I also aid the springs in accomplishing this by giving a rounded termination to the side pieces of the foot-rest, as seen at d in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon the under side of the ward or backward and be placed at any desired angle with respectto the legs BB. These hinges are marked e e. The top Ais held fixed at the desired angle, as to the legs B B, by means of the curved rodsffand th umb-screws g 1. These rods ff are rigidly attached at their ends to the under side of the top A, and run through the legs B B freely when the thumb-screws g g are loosened. The legs B B are extensible telescopically, and capable of being held at any desired length by joints and 'thumb -screws. These telescopic joints are seen at h h, and these thumb-screws are marked The legs B B are also at the bottom placed on hinges moving in a plane lengthwise with the top A. These hinges are markedjj. Upon the hingesjj the legs B B can be moved forward and backward, carrying the top A with them. The legs B B are held in their motion upon these hinges j at any desired angle with the base 0 by means of the curved rods k and thumb-screws i Z. The base 0 is made in any appropriate manner to give a firm support to my device in the various positions required for its use.

it will be easy to see that my invention accomplishes the adjustment of a foot-rest to all the varying positions of a person sitting in a chair by means of the two sets of hinges and the telescopicjoint. The-joint hdeterinines the height of the rest from the floor. The hinges jj enable one to place the legs B B of the foot-rest at that angle to the floor which the position chosen by a person requires, in order tobring the weight or the pull which is caused by holding the feet and legs into a direction on the legs B B that will best prevent the footrest from tipping over. The legs B B, when the weight is thus brought into their direction, operate as a brace against the tendency to tip, which manifests itself when the supportinglegs B B are in the perpendicular. The hinges e 6 enable the sittingperson to bring the cushion or upper surface of the top A into a direction parallel with the proposed extension of the legs and enable him to obtain a-uniforin hearing on all parts. 7 This twofold adjust inent spoken of, by means of the two sets of hinges, is a noticeable feature of my invention.

Another method of use of my device is obtained by means of the two sets of hinges. By leaving loose the thumb-screws l l and g g a person sitting in a rocking-chair can while rocking support his feet upon my foot-rest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination, in a foot-rest, of the foothoard a on the top A, the wire springs b on the inner edge of the said top, the support 0, the rounded side pieces, (I, the hinges c e of the top A, the curved rodsff, and thumb-screws g g, to hold said top, the teleseopicjoints h h and thumb-screws it, and the hingesjj of the legs B B, curved rods k k, and thumb-screws l l, to hold the legs 13 B at any desired angle on their hinges, all as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I. ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATTE SON G. FENNY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES CLIFFORD, JoHN I. KERRIGAN. 

